Water-color-paint package.



J. P. NIENTZER. WATER COLOR PAINT PACKAGE. APPLICATION man MAY22.1911.

...ulllllllbg .Patented Jan.21,1919.

JOHN P. MENTZER, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WATER-COLOR-PAINT PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 21, 1919.

Application led May 22, 1917. Serial No. 170,182.

To all 'whom t may concern: t

Be it known that I, JOHN P. MEN'rznR, a citizen of the United States,residin at Chicago, in the county of Cook and tate of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new andy useful Improvement in Water-Color-PaintPackages, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exactdescription, kreference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification.

AMy invention relates to watery color paint packages.

An object of the invention is to providewa practical and inexpensiveform of package containing or embodying the various articles for watercolor painting used by children in schools, for example the paintbrushes, the blocks or squares of paint, the trays for mixing the paintsand the cup or cups for holding the water to be used in the trays.

Another object of the invention is to make possible the embodiment ofall of these articles in a single package which ma be assembled, shippedand then reassem led after use as a single package or entity.

In carrying out the invention I provide a casing or receptacle capable'of 'receiving certain of the articles, as for example the paints, thebrushes, the trays and so on, and also provide complemental memberswhich will go to make up the aforesaid complete casing or receptacle butwhich at the same time may be detached or separated therefrom and may beused as the cups for the water.

As a simple arrangement the casing or receptacle may be made of tubularform and the complemental members as caps to tit over the end of thesame, in which case the paints, brushes, and so on will be arranged inthe tubular casing and the caps fitted over the end so as to close theSame but made removable or detachable therefrom so as to serve as watercups.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a perspective view of a paintpackage embodying my present invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same; and Fig. 3 is a view of one ofthe supplemental members or caps detached from the casin or receptacle.

Ieferring to the drawings I show a receptacle 1 preferably in the formof a tubular casing which is made of suitable material, such forexample, as leather, papiermch,

metal or the like, Iand While shown of circular cross-section, may havedifferent forms. This casing 1 is of such size as to contain a pluralityof trays 2 and 3, such as are ordinarily used by schoolchildren or otherstudents in the mixing of water color paints. The trays 2 and 3 arepreferably made of substantially the length of the tube 1 andpractically the width of a diameter of the same, so that said trays willlit snugly within a central longitudinal portion of the tube 1. A case 4containing paints 5 is also arranged within the casing 1, said case 4tor several of such cases being mounted above the trays 2 and 3 andbeingq preferably made of such size and shape as to fit snugly withinthe upper portion ofthe casing 1, having inclined and curved sides tosubstantially correspond with the curvature of that portion of the tube1 located above the trays 2` and 3. l

There are also located within the casing 1 a plurality of brushes 6 6such as are ordinarily used for water color work. These are convenientlyarranged lengthwise of the s tube 1 in the space below the trays 2 and3. The tube 1 is preferably opened at its ends and the latter arecovered by members or caps 7 -7. which are adapted to fit snugly overthe end portions of the tube so as to eiiectually close the same, but atthe same time they are adapted to be removed or separated from thecasing or tube 1 and to be used as cups or basins to hold water to beused in connection with the paints. In Fig. 1 I show the capsor cups 7mounted upon the ends of the casing 1` and in Fig. 3 I show one of saidcaps 7 detached from the casing 1 and arranged in an upright positionlike a cup so as to receive and hold water.

In this way all of the articles to be used in connection with watercolor painting are inclosed and embodied in a single unitary structureor package and conseouently can be assembled and shipped in such compactand reduced form. When opened up for use the various parts may be takeno" or out as desired and used. and then the whole may be reassembled inthe same shape and size as before. Consequentlv there is not only areduction and compactness in size for assemblage and transportation. butat the same time the use of the package and its articles from time totime does not in anv wav increase the size or prevent the articles frombeing reassembled in the same size and shape as before. Obviously onlyone of the ends may be made removable and adapted to serve as a cup.

It will be understood that changes and modifications may be made Withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. A package of the kind specified comprising an integral tubular memberand a set of trays arranged within said tubular member, said traysextending longitudinally of said member and crosswise of the same so asto fit against the sides of the interior of said tubular member, saidtrays being mounted above one another and resting upon each other andsaid trays being arranged in both the upper and lower longitudinalportions of said tubular member whereby said trays hold each other inposition.

2. A package of the kind specified eomprising an integral tubular memberhaving an open end, a series of trays arranged within said tubularmember and extending longitudinally of the same, said trays beinglongitudinally movable so as to permit their insertion into the tube andwithdrawal from the same through said open end, said trays beingarranged one above the other and resting upon each other andextendingacross the entire width of said tubular'member so as to itagainst the sides thereof, there being trays in both the upper and lowerlongitudinal portions of said tubular member whereby said trays holdeach other in posi- QQII.

3. A package of the, class specified comprising an integral tubulareasing having one of its ends open and provided with a detachable capcapable of'elos'ing said open end and also capable of holding water, anda series of trays arranged within said tubular member and longitudinallyof the same,

the width of the tubular member and lprovided with Curved sidesadapted'lto fit the interior eurvedwalls of said tubular member, therebeing trays in both the upper and lower longitudinal portions of saidtubular member 'to permit said trays to holdeach other in position. s

4. A package of the kindv speciiedcomprising an integral tubular member`having one of its ends open and providedwith-a detachable cap, saidtubular member containing a set of trays arranged lengthwise of saidmember and insertible through said open end of the same, said traysresting upon one another and extending from side to side et the tubularmember and fitting against the interior side walls of the same, therebeing space below said trays for holding various articles.

In Witness whereof l hereuntosubseribe my name this 25th day of April A.D., 1917.

JOHN P. MENTZER.

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Washington, JD. 4G.

